Bishop Bridge

We have gotten through to a few engineers at the state level that they ask for some level of expertise when working with these bridges. In Texas, it was a 5 year level and asking for hot riveting. They ended up bowing to pressure and have since taken off the riveting ostensibly to see what the testing and inspection plans for field riveting would be.

I say, the inspection should be an app. A sounding tool, if you will that would give a readout and back up to the inspection. Old fashioned in some ways, it is really just like sounding concrete. I've asked Nels to produce some bad rivets. It's not that easy he says. So we go on to other projects with other DOTs hoping that some standards might come out of the policy makers at some point.

Art -

Well yes, though I was making the case that expertise should be a requisite demanding a like project materials specific resumé in either situation...

So two birds, one stone - Or in this case, one question.

Best,

-- Will

Will,

I'm assuming that was a rhetorical question.

Regards,

Art S.

Do they pre-qualify potential bidders as having expertise in iron bridges in PA?

They do not do so in those bidding joined timber bridge rehabs.

Clearwater construction will be doing the repairs:

http://www.cpbj.com/article/20150206/CPBJ01/150209948/Bids-o...

Nice article that discusses historic bridge preservation in general and this bridge specifically and it quotes Nathan extensively - congrats Nathan!

http://cumberlink.com/news/local/historic-bridges-complicate...

Regards,

Art S.

great news that this bridge is being rehabbed.please keep me and anyone else informed.thanks.

Another article about the repairs:

http://www.yorkdispatch.com/breaking/ci_26988196/historic-br...

http://www.yorkdispatch.com/breaking/ci_26944593/historic-br...

The York County Commissioners approved on Wednesday a deal to repair a historic bridge in the northern part of the county that is closed because of its poor condition.

Work on the Bishop Road bridge over the Yellow Breeches Creek in Monaghan Township is expected to get under way next week, said Steve Malesker, senior project manager with C.S. Davidson.

The work includes patching the bridge below the road deck, he said.

The steel truss bridge that connects York County with Cumberland County dates back to the late 1800s and is eligible to be placed on National Register of Historic Places, he said.

The $62,700 project to repair the bridge should add another 10 years to its lifespan, Malesker told commissioners.

That's a far cry from the $3 million he said it would cost to replace it with a new bridge.

Since the Bishop Road bridge connects the two counties, Cumberland County is on the hook for half the cost of the repairs, meaning York County has to put up only $31,350 for the project.

Cumberland County officials closed the bridge in June.

Currently closed to traffic. 9/22/2014. Facing recycling bin????